The ancient imperial thrones all had a common disease, they all dreamed of immortality, and they all wanted to pass on their own rivers and mountains for generations. It is precisely because of this that the so-called elixir that can lead to immortality is born in accordance with it, and then alchemy is born. One of the most famous "pathfinders" is that Houyi got the elixir of immortality from the Queen Mother of the West, and after Chang'e stole it, she rushed to the Moon Palace and became a fairy in the middle of the moon.
But this is after all a myth, in real life, alchemy has become the patent of the alchemists, under their vigorous promotion and publicity, this elixir of immortality has become the favorite of the emperors. Below, let's take a look at the five heroic emperors in history who were caught in the fire because of the elixir.
The first emperor to go crazy was Qin Shi Huang. Qin Shi Huang sent alchemists around to look for Dan Medicine, and even sent Xu Fu to lead 500 childhood virgins to overseas Immortal Mountains to seek elixirs, and after the Immortal Search Group disappeared, it left a mystery for eternity.
The second emperor to fall into the fire was Emperor Wu of Han.
Qin Shi Huang was still only looking for medicine and could not help it, but Emperor Wudi of Han was a direct victim of Dan Yao, and this heroic emperor embarked on a road of no return because he dreamed of being old and immortal, superstitious in Fang Shu, favoring Li Shaojun and other warlocks, and seeking to refine the elixir of immortality. After the "villain" Jiang Chong caused the scourge of witchcraft, Emperor Wudi of Han finally understood that mortal medicine was not an elixir, but a poison that was more poisonous than any other.
But it was too late to repent, and his old and frail body had been hollowed out by the poisonous gas of the elixir and he quickly left.
The third emperor to fall into the fire was the Emperor of Jin. According to historical records, the Jin Emperor succeeded to the throne at the age of twenty-one, and after taking office, he became obsessed with the art of immortality, and foolishly he followed the immortal method taught by the Taoists, broke the hammer and took the Dan medicine, and four years later, when he was twenty-five years old, the Jin Emperor died, and the cause of death was very simple: poisoning and death. And this poison is a chronic poison from Dan medicine, which cannot be described as sad. It can be said that the Jin Emperor was the first emperor in history to die of direct poisoning by taking Dan medicine.
The fourth emperor to fall into the devil was Tuoba Jue, emperor of the Northern Wei Dynasty.
Tuoba Jue was originally a cattle man who could no longer cattle, and he established the Northern Wei Dynasty at the age of sixteen, after which he conquered the Northern Wei Dynasty in the south, calmed the chaos in Xinjiang, and sought to run an acre and a quarter of the land that belonged to him. However, such a genius-type emperor, after his establishment, was fascinated by the elixir and dreamed of immortality.
Later, Tuoba Jue took the elixir of the world for a long time - cold food scatter. As a result, under the attack of the toxicity of the drug, Tuoba Jue quickly became mentally disturbed, which was manifested as: "or did not eat for several days, or did not sleep" Such a frequent failure to eat, and the fact that he did not sleep all night, and was also moody and suspicious, resulting in the indiscriminate killing of courtiers, so there was such a scene: "The dead are all dead in front of the Tian'an Temple." Even his brother was not at ease, and often made "scolding" moves.
Later, his health deteriorated, and his brother Tuoba Shao, the king of Qinghe, saw that the time was ripe and led the army to launch a palace coup, and the poor thirty-nine-year-old Tuoba Jue died tragically in the rebellion.
The fifth emperor to go crazy was Tang Taizong Li Shimin.
Tang Taizong Li Shimin everyone knows that he can write and fight, and his personal ability is extremely outstanding, which has made great contributions to the establishment of the Tang Dynasty and the peace of the world. Later, Li Shimin launched the Xuanwumen Rebellion, killing the crown prince Li Jiancheng and his fourth brother Li Yuanji, forcing Li Yuan, the emperor of Tang, to abdicate, and he succeeded him as the second emperor of the Tang Dynasty.
After he succeeded to the throne, he was meritocratic, accepted good words, and through exerting himself to govern and forge ahead, he made the country and the people safe, and opened up the prosperous situation of the rule of Zhenguan.
However, it was such an emperor who would make mistakes in his later years and became obsessed with elixirs. According to historical records, in the twenty-second year of Zhenguan, the right guard led the commander Shi Wang Xuance to attack the Tianzhu Kingdom, which had been restless, and as a result, he defeated the Tianzhu Kingdom and successfully captured a strange man, an alchemist named "Na Luo Shu Bao". After this alchemist was captured, he only said one sentence to attract Wang Xuance's attention: I have the art of immortality.
Wang Xuance was first frightened, and immediately loosened his restraints, and immediately asked him for the art of immortality. This alchemist named "Na Luo Shu Po Shu" took out a pill and said that if you eat this, you will be able to live forever. Wang Xuance also did not verify, and after the triumphant return, he immediately reported to Tang Taizong.
As soon as Tang Taizong heard that god had come, he immediately announced that he had seen this alchemist. So Luo Xiaobo, the minister of the defeated army, walked into the palace with a big wave, and when he introduced himself, he said a sentence that stunned Tang Taizong: I am more than 200 years old. In the middle of the night, Tang Taizong, who had returned to God, said: My God, meeting you is the most beautiful accident of Yuan, you should give Dan to Yuan.
In this way, the "sin minister" Luo Xuan became Tang Taizong's favorite courtier and developed elixirs for him all day. According to the historical records: Luo Xuanbo was "deeply respected." Inside the golden gate of the museum, the medicine for longevity is made. After more than a year, the "Tianzhu Immortal Elixir" was finally successfully refined.
Tang Taizong was very clever but confused for a while, and he not only ate it himself, but also gave it to his ministers to eat. For example, the chancellor Gao Jifu once stated the gains and losses of political affairs, and Tang Taizong said 12 words happily: "Qing Jin's words of medicinal stones, so he repaid them with medicinal stones." This medicinal stone was the elixir that Luo Xuanbo had refined.
The elixir refined by Luo Xuanbo is actually a huge poisonous medicine, because the elixir is mainly composed of mercury, sulfur, arsenic and other toxic substances. Tang Taizong because of long-term use, the consequences are of course very serious, soon poisoned, followed by "violent death", just like this, the heroic Tang Taizong because of the worship of alchemists, long-term use of Dan medicine, only 51 years old to hate and go away, sincerely sad and lamentable.
It is precisely because Tang Taizong's death is too absurd and bizarre, and the historians are secretive when recording the cause of Tang Taizong's death, and only use one or two sentences to carry it, lest they commit the crime of great disrespect, after all, the real reason for Tang Taizong's death is too difficult to say. And this also made Tang Taizong's sudden violent death a major mystery for thousands of years.